Klete Keller of the United States of America after ending up 2nd in the Men’s 200 m Freestyle heats up throughout the XII FINA World Championships at the Rod Laver Arena on March 26, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Two- time Olympic gold medal swimmer Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single criminal charge connected to his involvement in theJan 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump advocates.
Keller’s plea to blocking a main case followed district attorneys in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., consented to dismiss 6 other criminal charges that he was struck with in February.
Keller was seen on a video published on Twitter revealing him in the Capitol throughout the insurrection using a coat with the letters “USA” on its back.
The crowd that Keller remained in pushed versus police officers attempting to clear the rotunda in the center of the Capitol.
Keller will be sentenced at a later date. The charge that he pleaded to has a suggested sentence of in between 21 and 27 months in jail, however a judge is not bound to sentence him within that variety.
TheJan 6 riot started soon after then-President Donald Trump prompted advocates at a rally beyond the White House to combat versus the verification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College success in the 2020 governmental election.
Thousands of Trump backers not long after swarmed around the Capitol, where a joint session of Congress was verifying the Biden win.
Hundreds of individuals have actually been detained on charges connected to the riot.
Keller swam for 3 U.S. Olympic groups, winning golds in the 4-x-200 meter relay group occasion in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in2008 He won silver in the very same occasion at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
